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3 hours ago, VictorOnopko said:
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An eclipse saved Tintin and Captain Haddock you know
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13 hours ago, Cowdenleith said:
Any news about the abandoned Montrose game, will fans who were there be entitled to get into the restage, someone mentioned if abandoned before half-time time we would be?
I’m not really wanting to write off the £40 I paid for the 3 of us for absolutely nil entertainment, other than watching a bag of about 5 balls take off in the wind across the running track, that was quite something.
As a Cowden fan how much do you usually pay for absolutely nil entertainment....
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Easter Monday was cold, wet and miserable.
But you get free parking in Edinburgh on that day so I went to the Botanics to get it up the Cooncil.
Here's a small waterfall feature.
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7 hours ago, Empty It said:
Sitting in Edinburgh airport just now and the gate next to the one I'm waiting on has a flight to Geneva, atleast 15-20 people in different groups have all come sprinting to the gate which closed like 5 minutes ago, what are you doing in an airport that is important enough for that stress?
Ching
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11 hours ago, Spyro said:
Depends how well it has been maintained. The ball will stick on the good 3g park, but the worn ones are like car parks
or the opposition keeper makes a meal of things to get the match off
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1 minute ago, Jordi1977 said:
Genuinely thinking that may have to be the option.
This season has kinda become one glorious advertisement for 3G pitches!
until the wind blows and keepers can't take by kicks (or pretend they can't)
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2 minutes ago, Ranaldo Bairn said:
I've got one.
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On 05/04/2024 at 22:45, FairWeatherFan said:
Unless there's wider changes we already know what the ceiling is, Tier 6. Unless they want to pay the fees to the LL.
EDIT: This is more of a trivial side-note. Would this be Livingston joining the EoSFA and enter the City Cup?
They were EOSFA members before and played in the City Cup. For some reason they then joined the West of Scotland FA.
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32 minutes ago, Jordi1977 said:
Just looking through the league tables after another swathe of postponements and notice that with less than 2 months to go, Stoneyburn have only played 15 games... half their league season.
I hadn't realised just how badly affected they had been! What are the chances of them finishing their season on time? Or might the 3rd Division have to go with some kind of extension just to get through the fixture pile up?
Midweek matches at handy nearby 3G pitches with lights (Broxburn and Blackburn) maybe?
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Well done guys.
I'm happy for our old manager Gary Naysmith- I perhaps wasn't his biggest fan but felt a bit sorry when he was sacked by City so it's good to see him bounce back.
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The ref will give you a dodgy penalty. That's what happens in City games.
You'll probably miss it though.
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Hibs fan on their game thread mentioned the wind was whistling through the gaps in the Easter Road stands and the stewards couldn't keep their balance. Two Hibees in the pub we were talking to said the conditions were bad at their game (not as bad as Hibs performance though) I also noticed Hutchi Vale's game at Ainslie Park also went ahead today and while there is some shelter from the flats there it can be windy too.
Meadowbank was a wind tunnel even when the big stand was there although I can only remember going to one abandoned game there- against Whitehill in 1998 when the pitch resembled the Commonwealth Pool and after twenty minutes of splashing about the game was abandoned.
I have been to two wind postponed/abandoned games in Angus though- Arbroath v Cowden when goal kicks were blown back over the bar and a game at Station Park which went off about ten minutes before kick off... leaving the town we noticed Forfar West End were still playing their home match
Similarly a game at Edinburgh University just before Christmas. The wind had been strong but had dropped by the time the ref turned up. He quickly called the game off, got in his car where his wife had been sitting and buggered off to do some Christmas shopping.
A New Year's game at Annfield on the old plastic was memorable: same conditions as today, Stirling Albion were awarded a penalty. It was taken and saved by Meadowbank's Jim McQueen but the ball had moved. A pile of sand was then used to try and stop the ball moving and McQueen saved again but the penalty was ordered to be retaken. Third save and the referee gave up. The game finished 0-0 unsurprisingly.
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11 hours ago, Afc69 said:
Who, on earth, is the Co presenter with Ray Bradshaw? Does she not know that at times, you need to keep quiet and let the other presenter speak?
Dearie me.
Seems to be doing a good job filling in for Tam then
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14 hours ago, Boghead ranter said:
I was at the last game there.
First 1000 in got a free commemorative badge. I've lost my badge but still have the plastic pouch it came in
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4 minutes ago, Tommy Tappin said:
From our Chairman re: NM:
"He will be successful and take us on. His first pick of players came in January and they have made a big difference. He has been unlucky with injuries and lost some games due to bizarre VAR decisions. All these things happen in football but with a modicum of good luck - which he has not had up until now - he will be a very successful manager."
I'll have what he's having.I suppose he has to back the manager in public at least. I mean he can't come out and say "F*ck me, I've picked a right steamer here, who'll be gone in the summer. Just like the last two idiots we picked..."
See also: Dave Cormack.
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It's to be a balmy 16 degrees tomorrow although wet and windy.
Probably turn into a farcical hoofball contest then. I can remember a game at Links Park which we won. Some tactical genius in the Mo dugout (Hegarty maybe) decided that playing long balls against City was a good idea. We had Big Joe in defence at centre half and he headed every ball back.
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4 hours ago, Sergeant Wilson said:
Were they going to eat it?
So you've met Binos fans then...
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Gabrielle Drake who starred in UFO (seen here in 1971 getting a dirty phone call from yer da) is the sister of Nick Drake.
She turned 80 the other day.
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On 03/04/2024 at 00:46, btb said:
2023 saw the first Wilma born in Scotland since 1994 - could they be mother & daughter?
Flintstones fans
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It's New Victoria Park, home of Newtongrange Star, which will host the Final.
Sunday 28th April, 2pm kick off.
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Anent Richard Gough:
When, to my mind and a lot of others at the time, he flounced out of the Scotland team he was playing fairly well for Rangers and so, naturally, certain tabloids launched a "Gough for a Scotland recall" campaign.
There may be some comment regarding this in the old copies of The Absolute Game I have but life's too short to go and find it. I'm sure a lot of Scotland fans were of the opinion at the time that Gough could go and do one.
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The National Galleries of Scotland posted this image on Facebook. So I pinched it.
It's a 1930s charity match between Edinburgh Women and Rutherglen. In the background is the stand at The Royal Gymnasium, home of St Bernards, as this was the venue for the game.
When St Bernards folded, the newly formed Stirling Albion put in a bid for the stand but rationing restrictions meant that eventually it only ended up as far as Old Meadowbank where it was used by Leith Athletic and the speedway until redevelopment in 1968.
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1 hour ago, realmadrid said:
I went along to this to see the new Meadowbank
its not as bad as some have made out, we were in the back row and able to stand up so the whole thing did not seem miles away.
The crowd was a lot bigger than i has expected, i also think that was the case with the catering as by half time they had ran out of everything bar tea and coffee (with complimentary biscuit) but we could hear them then say they could only offer black tea or coffee not long after that.
The game only really came to life near the end
The Edinburgh ultras were in the McDonald's opposite the stadium after the game just making as much mess as they possibly could until a local challenged them. They were all mouthy in the restaurant but legged it along the road as he chased them as they all left at once. Probably the highlight of a wet night.
A polis car then turned up... probably half an hour after the event!
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Similarly a game at Edinburgh University just before Christmas. The wind had been strong but had dropped by the time the ref turned up. He quickly called the game off, got in his car where his wife had been sitting and buggered off to do some Christmas shopping.
The Pie and Bovril Dead Pool 2024
in The General Nonsense Forum
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Higgs Bowsout
It sort of works.
Oh well
Einstein can't be classed as witless.
He claimed atoms were the littlest.
When you did a bit of splitting-em-ness
Frighten everybody shitless